Ontiveros vs Garcia

Who won Ontiveros vs Garcia?

Steve Garcia beat Charlie Ontiveros by , during the prelims of UFC Vegas 39, on Saturday 9th October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Steve Garcia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Ontiveros vs Garcia stats

Charlie Ontiveros stepped into the ring with a record of 11 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Steve Garcia made his way to the ring with a record of 11 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Garcia had a massive power advantage over Ontiveros, boosting at 73% knock out percentage over Ontiveros' 36%.

Charlie Ontiveros was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Ontiveros had a height advantage of 2 inches over Garcia. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Ontiveros was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 months earlier than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 37 to Garcia's 37.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Steve Garcia had been fighting more than Charlie Ontiveros.

Going to this contest, Charlie Ontiveros had last fought 1 year and 11 months ago, while Steve Garcia's last outing had been 2 years, 8 months and 14 days ago.